Zirconium

Zirconium (Zr) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 4 and the period 5, and is having the atomic number 40. It is a strong, ductile and malleable, lustrous, grey-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Arabic word “zargun”, which means gold colored. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 … Read more

Yttrium

Yttrium (Y) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 3 and the period 5, and is having the atomic number 39. It is a soft, ductile, silvery-white transition metal, which is named after Ytterby, a village in Sweden, where it was mined. It is counted as one of the rare … Read more

Copper

Copper (Cu) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 11 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 29. It is a soft, ductile and malleable, reddish-orange transition metal, which is named after Cyprus, principal mining place in the Roman era. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 … Read more

Nickel

Nickel (Ni) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 10 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 28. It is a hard, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Saxon term “Kupfernickel”, which means devil’s copper. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 … Read more

Cobalt

Cobalt (Co) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 9 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 27. It is a hard, lustrous, silvery-grey transition metal, whose name comes from the German word “kobald”, which means goblin. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 … Read more

Iron

Iron (Fe) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 8 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 26. It is a ductile, lustrous, silvery-grey transition metal, whose name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “iren”. It is the cheapest metal and is the fourth most abundant element on … Read more

Manganese

Manganese (Mn) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 7 and the period 4, and has the atomic number 25. It is a hard, silvery-grey transition metal, whose name comes from the Latin word “magnes”, which means magnet. It is the twelfth most abundant element on earth. On periodic table … Read more

Chromium

Chromium (Cr) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 6 and the period 4, and has the atomic number 24. It is a hard, lustrous, silvery-grey transition metal, whose name comes from the Greek word “Chroma”, which means color. It is the 21th most abundant element on earth. On periodic … Read more

Vanadium

Vanadium (V) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 5 and the period 4, and has the atomic number 23. It is a hard, malleable, silvery-grey transition metal, which is named after “Vanadis”, the Scandinavian goddess Freyja. It is the 20th most abundant element on earth. On periodic table group … Read more

Titanium

Titanium (Ti) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 4 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 22. It is a hard, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, which is named for the Titans of Greek mythology. It is the ninth most abundant element on earth and is counted … Read more